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Romain de Tirtoff called ERTE (Russian/French, 1892-1990) Les emotions: La Tristesse et l’Indifference Ink and watercolour Inscribed with details and signed with studio stamp (lower...

Romain de Tirtoff, called Erte (French/Russian, 1892-1990) Décor pour une entrée des danseuses Ink pen Signed with studio stamp (lower right) 5 x 7 in. (12.8 x 17.8 cm.) Provenance :...

Romain de Tirtoff, called Erte (French/Russian, 1892-1990) L`Usine de Beaute – 1er aspect du decor Ink pen Signed with studio stamp and stamped signature (lower right) 5 x 7 in. (12....

Erte (Romain de Tirtoff’ (French / Russian 1892 – 1990 La Porte de la Guerre #2 Gouache on paper 8.3/4 x 8.3/4 in. (22.2 x 22.2 cm.) Signed ‘Erte’ (lower right) and numbered ‘8128’ (...

Interior is an original Drawing on paper realized by painter Pierre Georges Jeanniot (1848-1934). Drawing in Pencil. Good conditions except for Some cutaways on the margins. The a...

Interior is a China Ink Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980). Good condition on a grey and red paper. No signature. Reynold Arnould was born in Le H...

Cleaning Of the House is an original Drawing on paper realized by the painter Pierre Georges Jeanniot (1848-1934). Drawing in pencil and watercolor. Hand-signed on the lower. Good...

Interior Scene is an original Drawing realized by Maurice George Poncelet (1897- 1973) in the mid-20th Century, Applied on a white Passepartout. Good conditions. The artwork is cre...

David Becker Exhibitions 2017 Coming Attractions, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Cicago, IL 2012 Eye Teeth Group Show, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI 2011 Art Chicago 2011, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL 2010 Art Chicago 2010, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL 2009 David Becker Retrospective, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2009, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL The 184th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, National Academy Museum, NYC Selections, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2008 Art Chicago 2008, Represented by Ann Nathan Gallery, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL 2007 Unruly Muse, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL SOFA NY (Sculptural Objects Functional Art), Ann Nathan Gallery, 7th Regiment Armory, NY, NY Art Chicago, Merchandise Mart, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2006 Palm Beach³, Ann Nathan Gallery, Palm Beach, FL 2005 SOFA NY (Sculptural Objects Functional Art), Ann Nathan Gallery, 7th Regiment Armory, NY, NY Art Chicago in the Park, Butler Field, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Palm Beach³, Ann Nathan Gallery, Palm Beach, FL 2004 Contemporary Prints: National Academy Museum Collection, National Academy of Design, NYC Art Chicago 2004, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Fantastic & Visionary Art, touring exhibit: Orange, Manning, Riddoch, & Ballart Gallery, Australia Return of the Men, Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 2003 Art Chicago 2003, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Fantastic & Visionary Art, touring exhibit: Orange Regional Gallery, New South Wales, Australia National Academy of Design 178th Annual Exhibition, NY, NY 2002 Art Chicago 2002, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Art of the 20th Century, Ann Nathan Gallery, Park Ave. Armory, NY, NY Outsider Art Fair, The Puck Building @ Houston & Lafayette Sts., NYC Self and Other Portraits, Wisconsin Artists, Charles Allis Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI Return of the Men, Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 2001  Beyond the 50's, May 4 - July 1, Exhibit A, A Gallery of Art & Design, Birmingham, Michigan Outsider Art Fair, January 26-28, The Puck Building @ Houston & Lafayette Sts., NYC "FANTASTIC ART", April/May, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange NSW, Australia. David Becker: Etchings and Engravings, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, solo exhibition of prints, February. 2000  Four person exhibition, Columbus State University, Columbus, Georgia, Oct. 31 - Nov. 27, 2000. 1999 National Academy 174th Annual Exhibition, NY University of Wisconsin-Madison Faculty, Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison, WI Treasures Revealed: 19th and 20th Century American Works on Paper, National Academy, NY 1995 Bharat Bhavan International Biennial of Prints, Bhopal, India Contemporary Prints, Selections from John Szoke Gallery, NYC, Drew University, Madison, NJ Collection Update, 1994, National Academy of Design Museum, NY 1994 David Becker and Robert Sholties, Peconic Gallery, Suffolk Community College, Riverhead, NY In Black and White: Works by Four Printmakers, Atrium Gallery, University of Connecticut, Storrs Aesthetics of Athletics: Sports, Games, and Exercise, Charles A. Wustum Musem, Racine, WI GMI IX Award Winners, Art Center Gallery, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg 1993 Take Home a Nude benefit auction, NY Academy of Art Graduate School Of Figurative Art, NY 1993 American Prints: Last Half 20th Century, Jane Haslem Gallery, Washingtion, DC Outstanding American Prints, Anderson Arts Center, Kenosha,WI National Academy of Design 168th Annual Exhibition, NY David Becker: Etchings, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA Portraits, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA 1992 The Print Fair, 7th Regiment Armory, NY 1991 166th Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design, NY Alma College Collection, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan Modes of Expression, Potsdam College, SUNY, Potsdam, NY 1990 With Nothing On, Prints and Drawings of the Nude, New Orleans Museum of Art, LA Prints by Printmakers, Staller Art Center, SUNY-Stonybrook, NY Publications/Reviews 2007 November 60 Years of North American Prints: 1947-2007, Boston U. Art Gallery, Boston, MA 2003 July 11 Isthmus, Madison, “Welcome to My Nightmare,” by Robert Cozzolino. 2001 March 14 The Wall Street Journal, "Time Off: A Week of Diversions." Review of Progressive Printmakers (LVM) exhibition. 2001 February Isthmus, Madison, "America's Printland," by Jennifer Smith. 2001 February Capital Times, "The Crowned Prints," by Kevin Lynch. 1999 July Progressive Printmakers: Wisconsin Artists & the Print Renaissance. 1995 – 1999 Who’s Who in America. 1993 Summer The Journal of the Print World, review. March 14 The New York Times, review. March 12 The Daily Oklahoman, review. 1990 Dec. 13 The Capital Times, review. April 28 The Washingtion Post, review. March 25 The New York Times, review. Summer The Journal of the Print World, review. Selected Collections - additional collections available on requestArkansas Arts Center Foundation, Little Rock, AR Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL Brooklyn Museum, NYC Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI Elvehjem Museum of Art, U of Wisconson-Madison Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, HI Library of Congress, Washington, DC Metropolitan Museum, Miami, FL Museo de Arte Moderno, Cali, Columbia National Academy, NY, NY National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC New York Public Library, NY Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, MA United States Information Agency, Prague, Czech. Alberta College of Art, Alberta, Canada Albion College, Albion, MI Alma College, Alma, MI Art Center, South Bend, IN AT&T Corporate HQ, Plainfield, NJ Boston Printmakers, Boston, MA Bradley University, Peoria, IL Columbia Green Community College, Hudson, NY Columbus State University, Columbus, GA Davidson College, Davidson, NC Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA Georgia State University – Atlanta Hope College, Holland, MI Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, NJ Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS Madison Art Center, Madison, WI Marui Imai Inc., Sapporo, Japan Milwaukee Art Center, Milwaukee, WI Minot Art Association, Minot, ND North Carolina Print/Drawing Society, Charlotte, NC North Texas State University – Denton Ohio University – Athens Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, OK Oklahoma State University, OK Quad Graphics, Milwaukee, WI Silvermine Guild of Arts, New Canaan, CT Springfield College, Springfield, MA St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY State University of New York – Fredonia State University of New York – Potsdam Trenton State College, Trenton, NJ University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ University of Colorado-Boulder University of Dallas, TX University of Louisville, Louisville, KN University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada University of North Dakota – Grand Forks University of South Dakota – Vermillion University of Tennesse – Knoxville West Chester State College, West Chester, PA Western Kentucky University – Bowling Green Private Collections Carla Leighton, New York, NY Marc Hauser, Chicago, IL Michael John Hofer, Chicago, IL Drs. Mark & Helene Connolly, River Forest, IL Jamie Kalikow, New York, NY Dianne & Jim Blanco, Chicago, IL Denise Roberge, Palm Desert, CA Tish & Philip Messinger, Creskill, NJ Brian Wesphal & Michael McVicker, Chicago, IL Ralph Privoznik, Lafayette, IN Candice Groot, Evanston, IL Shomaker/Ruud Collection, Chicago, IL Braden Berkey and Robert Bartlett, Chicago, IL Bill and Karyn Silverstein, Highland Park, IL Steve Weitz, Lovettsville, VA Mary Allice Wimmer, Madison, WI Ann & Robert Avery...

-ARTIST STATEMENT- I depict my person in multiplicity with different selves representing dramatis personae. My likeness is both implicit and symbolic in the portrayal of my narrative; the drama involved in creating art and the artist’s role in society. I use realism to invite the viewer into mysterious inner worlds that are layered reflections of the outer. Dehumanizing environments are imbued with art historical references as a critique of power structures. The artist is an Everyman who is at odds with society and his self. Visually my work is a celebration of society’s dark undercurrents and its overlooked absurdities. I use charcoal and printmaking media as their tenebrous values add a fitting metaphor. The nuances of light and shadow seduce viewers into a world their better judgment would have them avoid. This provokes a sense of disquietude that causes viewers to assess our world through the austerity of a colorless, yet not humorless, light. -BIO- Christopher Ganz grew up in Northeast Ohio and from early on had a fertile imagination and an interest in art. Christopher's artistic education truly began at the University of Missouri, where his love of the human form led to many figure drawing classes and his exposure to the wonders of printmaking. Christopher's then went onto graduate school at Indiana University and a summer abroad program in Italy was a dream realized. Christopher then grasped charcoal with a renewed vigor and large, sfumato-laden drawings ensued. Christopher's artistic influences are many; from a seminal exposure to Dore's engravings of the Divine Comedy, to Rembrandt, Caravaggio, Goya, and up to Lucian Freud, Mark Tansey...

Interior Design is a beautiful drawing on paper, realized in 1948 by the French architect  Victor Courtray (1897-1971). Ink and watercolor on paper. Hand-signed and dated on the low...

Portrait of Woman is an original artwork, pencil, charcoal on paper. Is not signed and dated but we can attribute the period middle 20th Century. The artist want to define a sensit...

The Artisan is an Original Ink Drawing and white Lead realized by Rémy Hétreau. Good condition included a white cardboard passpartout (49x40 cm). Hand-si...

Figures is an original Drawing on paper realized by the painter Pierre Georges Jeanniot (1848-1934). Drawing in Pencil. Hand-signed on the lower. Good conditions except for aged m...

Figures is an original Drawing on paper realized by painter Pierre Georges Jeanniot (1848-1934). Drawing in Pencil. Hand-signed on the lower. Good conditions. Pierre-Georges Jean...

Young Shepherd plays the Lyre is an original drawing on paper. Is not signed and dated but we can attribute the period early 20th Century. The artist represents, under an intimate ...

Scenography is an original watercolor drawing on cream-colored paper applied on a white Passepartout, realized by The French artist Auguste Leroux ( Par...

Interior of The Church is an original Artwork realized by Remy Hetreau (1913-2001). Realized with pencil, and watercolor on cardboard. in good condition.

Marseille Station is a Color Marker Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980). Good condition on a sheet of a notebook. No signature, titled and dated on t...

The Catch is an original artwork, gouache, tempera and watercolor realized by Celestin Deshayes (1817 -1896) . Hand signed on the lower right. Is not dated but we can attribute the p...

My Room is a Drawing on paper realized by an Anonymous artist in the 1948. Watercolour on paper. Hand-signed, illegible, dated. Good conditions. Included a Passepartout: 47 x 59 c...

The Caveau is an original Drawing in pencil on paper realized by Roger Clamagirand in the mid 20th Century. Good conditions. The artwork is represented through deft and precise str...

My Return Cabin from Jerusalem on the ship is an original modern artwork realized in the half of 20th century, and attributed to the french painter Jane Levy...

People is an ink on paper, realized in the late 19th Century by Frédéric-Anatole Houbron. Monogram of the artist on the lower-left corner. Passpartout included cm 25.5x38 The artwork represents a sketch of a group of people in an indoor set. Frédéric-Anatole Houbron was (1851- 1908). Painter (gouache), watercolorist, draughtsman, he realized history painting...

Naked Couple is a pencil drawing on paper realized in the 19th Century by Tony Johannot (1803 – 1852). The artwork represents a lying naked couple. Good condition, except for a stain in the center. Hand-signed by the artist on the lower-left corner. Passpartout included cm 38x55 Tony Johannot (1803 – 1852) was a famous French painter, illustrator and engraver. Among his most famous illustrations: those of the Histoire du roi de Bohême et de ses sept châteaux by Ch. Nodier (1830), by Don Quichote...

The Pub is a China Ink Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980). Good condition on a white paper. No Signature. Reynold Arnould wa...

Romain de Tirtoff, called ERTE (Russian/French, 1892-1990) Meuble a Secrets Ink and watercolour Inscribed with details and signed with studio stamp (lower right) 9.3/4 x 12.7/8 in. ...

Polly Kraft American (1928-2017) Umbrella Still Life (1984) watercolor on paper signed lower right 29 1/2 x 41 1/2 inches frame dimensions: 33 x 45 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches, wood frame with acrylic glazing Provenance: East Hampton Collection Fischbach Art Gallery New York, NY label affixed verso Polly Kraft, Known for painting portraits, landscapes, and still-lifes, realist artist Polly Kraft worked in both watercolor and oil. She had the ability to translate a split second glance into a memorable painting.a painter who turned quotidian objects and scenes — a sliced red apple still bearing its seeds, an unmade bed cluttered with mail, a filleted fish vibrant even in death — into works of art resonant with meaning, Her son, Mark Stevens is an art critic who with his wife, Annalyn Swan, co-authored the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography “de Kooning: An American Master” Mrs. Kraft spent a half-century at the center of the Washington establishment as the wife of Joseph Kraft, the syndicated newspaper columnist, and later, after Kraft's death in 1986, of Lloyd Cutler, the high-powered lawyer who was White House counsel to Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton. Her marriages took her into the thick and thicket of social life in the capital — a world, she once remarked, where "politicians were mixed in with intellectuals, mixed in with academics, mixed in with movie stars." She counted among her friends members of the Kennedy family, former Washington Post chairman and publisher Katharine Graham, former Post executive editor Benjamin C. Bradlee and diplomats W. Averell and Pamela Harriman. Although oft cited as a doyenne of Georgetown hostesses, Mrs. Kraft professed that she relished neither politics nor Washington’s breed of socializing, which at times approached the intensity of a competitive sport. “When it comes to the poetry of dishevelment, Polly Kraft is one of our more rewarding practitioners,” art critic John Russell wrote in the New York Times in 1981. “She specializes in the domestic pileup — cushions knocked out of shape, books and magazines left askew, hasty departures acted out in verismo style. The point of the paintings lies in the contrast between this archetypal havoc and the order that Mrs. Kraft has imposed upon it.” Classic Americana. Her paintings, mainly watercolors and oil paintings, appeared at venues including the Corcoran Gallery of Art and Addison/Ripley Fine Art in Washington (she was part of their 40 year retrospective along with Lou Stovall, Diana Walker...

Evelyn De Morgan (British, 1855 – 1919) Narcissi Pencil on paper 5.1/2 x 15 in. (14 x 38 cm.) Provenance: The Clayton-Stamm Collection. Dominic Wint...

Evelyn De Morgan (British, 1855 – 1919) An olive branch Watercolour on paper 9 x 7.1/2 in. (22.8 x 19 cm.) Provenance: The Clayton-Stamm Collection. ...

Romain de Tirtoff, called Erte (French/Russian, 1892-1990) A set design featuring a tree for Une Noce chez les nudists (A nudist wedding) Gouache on paper Signed with atelier stamp (...

Romain de Tirtoff, called ERTE (Russian/French, 1892-1990) Coiffeuse Commode Ink and watercolour with pencil Inscribed with details (upper left) and signed with studio stamp (lower right) 11 x 16.1/2 in. (28 x 42 cm.) Provenance: The personal collection of the artist Gifted to Serge Leeman and thence by descent Romain de Tirtoff, commonly known as Erté, is widely recognized as the most influential artist of the Art Deco movement. His distinguished career spanned over 80 years and crossed over into several mediums including fashion illustration, stage and costume design and bronze sculpture. Erté was born on November 23, 1892 in St. Petersburg, Russia. His father was a military man...

Erte (Romain de Tirtoff’ (French / Russian 1892 – 1990 La Porte de la Guerre #1 Gouache on paper 8.3/4 x 8.3/4 in. (22.2 x 22.2 cm.) Signed ‘Erte’ (lower right) and numbered ‘8128’ (...

Edward Ridley (British, 1883-1946) A squared design featuring ivy in blossom Gouache 9 x 9 in. (22.8 x 22.8 cm.) This design was one of 5 submitted for ...

Romain de Tirtoff, called ERTÉ (French/Russian, 1892-1990) Plus ca change – Plus c`est la meme chose, Décor; and Rideau du Coeur Ink pen Signed with studio stamp (lower right) 5 x 7 ...

Erte (Romain de Tirtoff’ (French / Russian 1892 – 1990) Le Chateau de Cristal Gouache on paper 6.1/2 x 9.1/2 in. (16.5 x 24.2 cm.) Signed ‘Erte’ (lower right) and inscribed with stam...

Cubist composition of a mandolin and other objects by unknown artist (Helen) Solter (American, 20th Century). Signed "SOLTER" in the lower right corner. Unfinished painting...